Phil's 1/48 Hasegawa Typhoon Mk.Ib car door

[PhilJ]

After looking at the kit light glass they are pretty thick with some distortion which seems a shame after the work that's been done so decided to try the cellotape option.[ATTACH]291190[/ATTACH]
And after trimming...
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I pre cut some masks to go over the "glass" which will give me the panel line through the centre for when it comes to painting. Hopefully with some gentle care they should look ok.

[colin m]

cellotape option.

Well I've never seen that trick before. Nice one. Have you used it before, any chance of it yellowing over time ?

[papa 695]

Great work Phil.

[matto21]

Super impressed so far! I have both the car door and bubble top Hase Typhoon's in the stash waiting to be built.

The Barracuda cockpit looks good too!

I'm also impressed with the wing lens trick too and it's the first time I've seen it.

[Steve Brodie]

That cockpit looks excellent and those wing lights - wow!

[PhilJ]

Super impressed so far! I have both the car door and bubble top Hase Typhoon's in the stash waiting to be built.

The Barracuda cockpit looks good too!

I'm also impressed with the wing lens trick too and it's the first time I've seen it.

Got the bubbletop myself too, will be nice to do that one with the rockets. Thanks for the comments.

[PhilJ]

Thanks for the comments guys, not sure if it will yellow over time to be honest, worst case scenario is it will look good for initial photos and I can always swap for the kit if it happens.
Masking up the frame for the lights was fiddly and still not sure how it's gonna turn out when removed so will have to wait and see I spose. More to follow tomorrow.

Well I've never seen that trick before. Nice one. Have you used it before, any chance of it yellowing over time ?

[PhilJ]

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Primed and painted with tamiya and Mr color.[ATTACH]296039[/ATTACH]
...and the start of the decals, this will be DN406 PRF out of Manston Kent. Decals by Techmod.[ATTACH]296040[/ATTACH]

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments guys, not sure if it will yellow over time to be honest, worst case scenario is it will look good for initial photos and I can always swap for the kit if it happens.
Masking up the frame for the lights was fiddly and still not sure how it's gonna turn out when removed so will have to wait and see I spose. More to follow tomorrow.

That’s what I was worried about when I saw the tape-the yellowing and brittleness/cracking over time. Will be interesting to see what happens over long term. Btw, looking good and will be good to see this shape up.
Cheers, John

[colin m]

Thanks for the comments guys, not sure if it will yellow over time to be honest, worst case scenario is it will look good for initial photos and I can always swap for the kit if it happens.
Masking up the frame for the lights was fiddly and still not sure how it's gonna turn out when removed so will have to wait and see I spose. More to follow tomorrow.

Thinking about it. I bet the real Perspex covers went a bit yellow / cloudy over time anyway.

[PhilJ]

Thinking about it. I bet the real Perspex covers went a bit yellow / cloudy over time anyway.

Yeah possibly, I've still got to remove the masking from them first without the whole thing coming off so let's see if that works first

[PhilJ]

So surprise surprise, one lot of masking came off fine And one didn't by removing half of the centre of the frame as seen in the top picture.
In highnsight I should have used some tamiya tape as framework but hey ho, some touching up to do at some point.
Was it worth it?...[ATTACH]296086[/ATTACH]
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[PhilJ]

Exhausts and decals on. The decals weren't great to be honest and took a lot or persuading some of the little ones were reined in the end and I marked those ones with the tip of a cocktail stick and paint.
Initial panel wash also done.
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[PhilJ]

Lights carefully drilled and transparent red and green tamiya placed inside to give effect of coloured bulb.[ATTACH]296193[/ATTACH][ATTACH]296194[/ATTACH]

[matto21]

Really great! Makes me want to start mine!